Top 29 Zilpha Quotes
#2. I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
Manolo Blahnik
#4. There are several peculiarities that I share with children which, like having no front teeth, are perhaps more acceptable in the very young, but which, for better or worse, seem to be a part of my makeup.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#5. Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#6. Having the ability to get and gain respect through your work is great but you have to be careful not to get carried away.
Jay Gould
#7. Nothing's real unless you want it to be, and anything can be real if you want it to enough; so real doesn't really mean anything.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#8. But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#10. You gotta weather a few storms if you want to drop anchor in paradise.
Scott B. Williams
#11. There was that special smell made up of paper, ink, and dust; the busy hush; the endless luxury of thousands of unread books. Best of all was the eager itch of anticipation as you went out the door with your arms loaded down with books.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#12. Trick-or-treating is for candy and demonstrations are for things like Peace and Freedom. It's different.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#13. The answers aren't important really ... What's important is- knowing all the questions.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#15. Sometimes I half fall asleep when I am sitting alone and fancy things that have never happened.
Charlotte Bronte
#17. Belonging to a place isn't nearly as necessary as belonging to people you love and who love you and need you.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#18. Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#19. Imagination is a great thing in long dull hours, but it's a real curse in a dark alley.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#20. I think writing is an extension of a childhood habit - the habit of entertaining oneself by taking interesting bits of reality and building upon them.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#22. At the end of the day, one of the most politically active voters in the country, seniors, will know who stood with them and who didn't.
Judy Chu
#23. I never cooked before I became vegan. Preparing a meal as opposed to ordering in all the time, you start thinking about where your food comes from and how it gets to your table. You notice that chain.
Robin Quivers
#24. Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.
Jeremy Irvine
#25. If we were humble, nothing would change us-neither praise nor discouragement. If someone were to criticize us, we would not feel discouraged. If someone would praise us, we also would not feel proud.
Mother Teresa
#26. If you try to make your circle closed and exclusively yours, it never grows very much. Only a circle that has lots of room for anybody who needs it has enough spare space to hold any real magic.
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#27. I was never NOT confident about doing scenes without my shirt - and now I'll find any excuse to take my shirt off!
Tyler Posey
#28. Know all the Questions, but not the Answers
Look for the Different, instead of the Same
Never Walk where there's room for Running
Don't do anything that can't be a Game
Zilpha Keatley Snyder
#29. The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.
Willa Cather
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